[ale] Machine With Drives @ e,f,g,h: help?
Danny Cox
danscox at mindspring.com
Fri Jan 3 19:05:12 EST 2003
Denny,
On Fri, 2003-01-03 at 18:15, Denny Chambers wrote:
> I am assuming that the Promise controller is an add in (meaning that it
> is not built onto the mother board). I have seen similar cards that
> allowed you to make the add-in controller the primary controller. These
> add in controller have there own Bios on board, much like SCSI cards do.
> So during boot the bios should try to read from the add-in controller
> Primary->Master drive. This may possible require a jumper setting on the
> mother board. I am not sure.
No, sorry, this Promise chip is on the mobo. I've been through the
BIOS settings, and don't see a way to change that (rats!). It's very
similar to the Manta board, but not identical by any means.
Thanks!
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Danny
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